In this enlightening episode with Caroline, Cindy gives the context of post-colonial geopolitics based on continuing control of resources and ideology, and the devastating environmental consequences of the corruption and under-development that ensued from the puppet governments set up to replace direct colonial rule. Cindy outlines how the extraction continues
Here, in conversation with Mamta, Cindy highlights how the exclusion of women was entrenched in the patriarchal world view that authorised the pillage of Mother Earth. The continued absence of a balanced place for a female world view/ divine feminine has led to the accelerated breakdown of our climate and
Here Cindy talks with Paula Kensington to explore the roots of a global financial system that was shaped to serve the colonial project and carries that in the DNA ofits design.From the Bank of England’s role in enabling the UK to become the most powerful slave trading nation to the IMF and the World Bank that now perpetrate a system of debt bondage and economic dependency. Strictures that make it almost financially impossible for many global south countries to adapt to or to mitigate climate breakdown. Yet the iron grip these institutions hold both on the global financial architecture and in our psyches mean debt jubilees, loss and damage and reparations remain outliers instead of the crucial solutions they represent. This intriguing episode questions the effects of GDP as the only measure of a country’s progress regardless of how that wealth is generated. How from the corporate laws and economic structures instituted during the colonial project, the ‘greed economy’ has gone viral, giving legitimacy at board level to the statement “our primary responsibility is to our shareholders”, regardless of the state of the life support system on which the generation of these profits depends.
Welcome to Awakenings, a podcast that delves into the interconnectedness of colonization, climate change, and our path forward. In this episode, we explore the troubled roots of colonization and its impact on Earth’s natural systems and indigenous cultures. We discuss the link between colonization and climate change, recognizing that the
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